Health & Wellness - May 2013 Archives

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — 14 de mayo de 2013.   Mayo Clinic anunció hoy que Médica Sur culminó con éxito el riguroso proceso de revisión y ...

Mayo Clinic announces Mexico City-based Médica Sur is becoming the first international member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. As a member, Médica Sur will ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 68 and understand that exercise is good for my health, but I recently read that exercise can also reduce the risk of developing dementia. Is that true, and if so, do researchers know why? ANSWER: Perhaps one of the most feared conditions associated with aging is dementia — an impaired ability to think or recall. The most common cause is Alzheimer’s disease. Aging also may be associated with lesser — but still disruptive — thinking and memory problems, which is called mild cognitive impairment. Mild cognitive impairment is a common precursor to Alzheimer’s. 

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have completed the world’s first whole exome sequence of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors, also known to patients and physicians as carcinoids, the most common cancer of the small bowel and one that responds poorly to chemotherapy. Mayo oncologist and lead author Michaela Banck, M.D., says, “This is a very important step in achieving targeted therapies and individualized treatment approaches for patients with small bowel carcinoids. Genomic analysis of the individual patient’s tumors will help us identify new drugs that are targeted to the individual’s disease.” Click here for news release

The Centers for Disease Control is calling for all baby boomers to be checked out for hepatitis C. For reasons not entirely clear, Americans born between 1945 and 1965 are five times more likely to be infected. Hepatitis can linger in the body and cause damage to the liver as we age. Click here for news release

Melanoma is rising faster than any other form of cancer, and it's happening to young people _ especially to young women, and even teens. To ...

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - 9 de mayo de 2013.  Día a día, miles de voluntarios de los grupos de auxilio médico atienden a pacientes, ofreciendo ayuda ...

The FDA wants to send a stronger message that tanning beds are bad for your health. The federal agency issued a new multipronged proposal this week aimed at requiring manfacturers to test and certify the ultraviolet light machines' design and performance.  The FDA also wants to put warning labels on all tanning beds recommending that they not be used by those under 18 and that all users get regular screening exams for skin cancer. Mayo Clinic pediatric dermatologist, Dawn Davis, M.D., calls the proposal a huge victory for public health. // SOT (Dr. Dawn Davis/Mayo Clinic Pediatric Dermatologist)  "Tanning beds are dangerous and they are currently labeled a Class One device, meaning they don't need to have any regulations top be put on the market and be put into use by the public.

Every day, thousands of volunteer medical relief groups offer care to patients and assistance to understaffed medical teams in remote, underdeveloped locations around the world. Often, these groups of physicians and nurses come for a short time, offer care and return home.  Once they leave, what then? Click here for news release

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 7-year-old son wets the bed most nights. He does not have accidents during the day. I’m wondering if I should have him seen by a physician or if this is considered normal for some children.   ANSWER: Bed-wetting is very common in children, especially boys. The problem typically improves over time and often disappears around the time children turn 5. At your son’s age, it would be a good idea to take steps at home to help reduce bed-wetting. If that does not help, make an appointment for your son to see his doctor.  

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — 7 de mayo de 2013.  Disfrutar del sol, pero con precauciones es el mensaje que lleva a los niños de toda edad ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — 7 de mayo de 2013.  Los pacientes mayores que reciben anestesia no son más proclives que sus cotejas a desarrollar a largo ...